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THE DEATH PENALTY THE DEATH SENTENCE IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE ACROSS OUR WORLD the death penalty is a very common controversial social issue across our world every time a death penalty case arises and time comes for the convict thousands of people across the countries support the punishment as well as protest the punishment this issue does not have any proponents of particular group people are very split on this subject regardless of race backgrounds age gender and other variables that distinguish individuals prodeathpenaltycom the Alabama supreme court set a may 1st 2002 execution date for a Florida woman convicted in 1993 shooting an Opelika police officer her name was Lynda block barring a stay Lynda was the first woman excuted in Alabama 1975 the first of may 2002 Christopher Simmons died after a death sentence for killing with a 15-years old accomplice Mrs crook in the morning of Sept 9 1993 he killed the girl just because Shirley Crook recognized Simmons after commited an act of burglary in her house prodeathpenaltycom the death penalty bring us back in time because in the earliest historical records contain evidence of capital punishment it was mentioned in the code of Hammuurabi 1750 Bc the bible prescribed death as the penalty for more than 30 different crimes ranging for murder to fornification in England during the reign of king Canute and William the conqueror the death penalty was not used althoug the result of interrogation and toture were often fatal by the end of the 15th century english law recognized seven major crime treason murder larceny burglary rape and arson by 1800 more that 200 capital crimes were commited and as a result 1000 or more persons were sentenced to death each year Encartacd rom the death penalty has been inflicted in many ways now regarded as barbaric and forbidden by law almost everywhere crucifixion boiling in oil drawing and

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